Jesse Farrell<p>From Parker Molloy:</p><blockquote><p>After a handful of players (seven, specifically — yes, seven, out of the entire league) made a scene about not wanting to participate in <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> Night events last season, the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/NHL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHL</span></a> put an end to the tradition. See, it wasn’t enough for the players to simply be allowed to not participate in pre-game activities. No, no. The argument quickly became about how if other players are all wearing the special Pride gear during warm-ups, then fans might notice which players aren’t participating. To solve this “problem,” the league implemented a ban on Pride jerseys in June.</p><p>Not content with simply banning jerseys, the league “clarified” that players would no longer even be allowed to make the individual decision to wrap their sticks with rainbow-colored tape during warm-up as a show of personal support for <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> rights.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/p/dear-coachs-corner?r=1n9xi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/</span><span class="invisible">p/dear-coachs-corner?r=1n9xi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Propagandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propagandhi</span></a></p>